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Aug 1, 18 •
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Jovana Pribic
Comments Off on Euro zone growth slowed down again by trade war fears
Yesterday the preliminary flash GDP for the euro zone had shown that the economic growth was on a slower pace than expected in the 2nd quarter, mostly caused by the fears over a trade war with the United States. According to Eurostat, the estimated GDP in the...
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Jul 31, 18 •
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Jovana Pribic
Comments Off on German inflation remained unchanged this month and above the ECB price stability target; lower optimism seen in the euro zone industry and retail sectors
On Monday the investors were keeping a close eye on the German annual inflation reading, where the results came as expected in July and remained above the ECB price stability target. The German consumer prices rose by 2.1% year-on-year basis, which was in...
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Jul 30, 18 •
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Jovana Pribic
Comments Off on US economy grew at its fastest pace in almost 4 years
Last Friday all eyes were on the advanced GDP reading from the US, where the results have shown that the United States economy had accelerated in the 2nd quarter, where the seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 4.1% in the period April-June was almost double the...
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Jul 27, 18 •
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Jovana Pribic
Comments Off on ECB kept the policy unchanged and stays on track towards ending the bond purchase scheme
As a widely expected decision yesterday, the European Central Bank had decided to leave the interest rates on hold, which are to remain unchanged throughout summer of 2019. The aim of ECB is to end the bond purchase scheme by the end of 2018 due to the fact...
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Jul 26, 18 •
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Jovana Pribic
Comments Off on Brexit influence on Banks and shifting jobs from Britain
As the Brexit date is approaching, British banks have been advised to draft a plan on how they are going to cope with the staffing and operations in the new basis to be opened in the European Union. According to Reuters, a shift in banking jobs in Britain is...
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Jul 25, 18 •
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Jovana Pribic
Comments Off on Euro zone business growth slows again in July, caused by continuous trade war fears with the US
On Tuesday the Euro zone flash services PMI showed that the new order inflows and reduced business expectation of future activity are signaling a lost momentum at the beginning of the 3rd quarter. The reading came at 54.4 as opposed to the forecasted 55.0,...
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Jul 23, 18 •
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Jovana Pribic
Comments Off on Bitter China-US trade conflict influences China’s fiscal policy debate; Trump threatens to impose tariffs on $500 billion Chinese imports
On Friday Reuters had reported on the policy debate of China, as how to best cope with the slowing growth, where analysts have commended the Chinese authorities to boost fiscal stimulus during the rising risk of the trade conflict with the United States....
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Jul 20, 18 •
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Jovana Pribic
Comments Off on Australia’s employment change readings surprises investors; US jobless claims lowest since 1969; UK retail sales fall in June
Amongst the important macro-economic news releases yesterday, the first results came from Australia and had pleasantly surprised the economists, beating their expectations by surging more than triple in June, where 50,900 positions were added compared to the...
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Jul 19, 18 •
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Jovana Pribic
Comments Off on Escalated US led trade war is killing the world economy
On Wednesday, according to Reuters, Chinese foreign ministry has warned that the biggest confidence killer for the global economy is the US driven trade war and predicts that the whole world would at the end fight back if the United States continues being...
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Jul 13, 18 •
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Jovana Pribic
Comments Off on EU industrial production increases in May; US jobless claims decrease to two month low, while core CPI lower than expected
On Thursday the investors were concentrating on the macro economic news releases mostly from Europe and the US, tracking the state of both economies. From the euro zone, positive news came regarding the May industrial production which rose by 1.3%, as opposed...